LAMN members (founded in 1988) and NARIP (founded in 1998) can quickly get the information, knowledge, and contact information they need to develop their careers and enhance their careers.
The success of both organizations goes far beyond their names - both LAMN and NARIP have members all over the country and around the world. Offices have opened in Canada, New York and London, and additional cities have become in line.
Until the development of Taylor, these influential organizations did not have a formal body that would deal with the educational, network, or mentoring functions necessary to educate the new generation for the music industry. Each of these factors is important, but there is no doubt which one Taylor most appreciates: “Networking is what this business is all about, really - there is,” she says. “If you want to move forward, you need to know people. You can be a genius, but remain in the shadow and poverty until you go out there and do not tell people who you are. ”
LaMn:
LAMN is a multi-faceted resource for newcomers to the music business, as well as an opportunity for students to learn more about the industry and how they can get into it. LAMN sponsors industry meetings, seminars and seminars with top managers from all areas of the music business.
NARIP:
To become a member of NARIP, you must be a professional in the recording industry. “I realized that in addition to organizations such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which is a lobbying body that focuses on legislation, there was no organization that would meet the needs of those whose employees are fully engaged in the recording industry,” Taylor said ,
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“The idea for the Los Angeles music network goes back to my first job in business, with Avalon Attractions, a major sponsor of a concert in Southern California,” says Taylor. “Everyone was talking about the wheel of the music industry, united to arrange a concert. Here I was a fresh college, and I had access to almost every possible professional — from radio to the press, to record the company's staff, from executive managers to the artists themselves. ”
Taylor looked around the association through which she could meet people with whom she spoke on the phone. “I was very surprised not finding anything real, so I started collecting small meetings and greetings among the people with whom I was dealing,” she says. “At first there were only about three or four people, but it was great. It was the seeds that led to my building the professional relationships that I have today, not to mention the Job Bank and my mailing list.
Some of the things that LAMN and NARIP overlap, and Taylor regularly uses NARIP members for LAMN panels and other functions, as well as for mentoring LAMN members. However, she seeks to provide the right kind of experience for each group.
For the members of NARIP, its approach is to take on the role of continuing education. “We should never stop studying and, no matter how much experience we have, there is always something else or a different opinion that we can absorb and appreciate,” says Taylor.
The pianist turned the executive body:
Taylor is also an instructor, music teacher and speaker at institutions such as Harvard Business School, New York University, Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum, Berkeley College of Music, University of California at Los Angeles (Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts), University Southern California, Academy of Contemporary Music (Guildford, London), California State University at Chico, State University of Middle Tennessee, International Symposium of the Association of Museums and and the entertainment industry (2000 and 2002), University of Hawaii, California State University at Pomona, Pepperdine University School of Business and others. As a popular guest speaker and participant in industry conferences at the international level, she served as chair of the Musicom4 conference, symphonic music equipment (1998) and as a keynote speaker at the Berklee College of Music Summer Conference (2003).
She is a consultant for InsideSessions, a joint venture of Universal Music Group and Penguin Putnam, and serves on numerous international charity and industry councils. She is a frequent judge of talent in American and international talent competitions and recently participated in panels for Universal Talent Prague (Czech Republic, 2003) and the Golden Magnolia International Song Festival (Baton Rouge 2003).
As an author and speaker, her analyzes appeared recently in Billboard Magazine, Radio & Records, USA Today, Newsweek, Source Magazine, Chicago Sun Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Daily Variety, Musician Magazine, Wired, Lip Service Magazine , Los Angeles Business Journal and services such as Reuters Ltd., and in the international business press (Capital Magazine [Spain], Problems / Le Nouvel The Observer [France]). She was a recognized expert on national public radio Hollywood Wrap, Fox News Channel, Samm Brown Recording for KPFK 90.7-FM, and Ira Fistell on KRLA 1110-AM and other media outlets.
The contact person:
Tess Taylor can be reached by calling (818) 769-7007 or emailing tess@narip.com.
